UK is a 360 country, but even there are 500k pre-orders massive.
You can at least add one million pre-orders in NA. I think half a million pre-orders in continental Europe and Japan combined is not impossible. Then there are areas like Latin America, South America, Australia and the Asian region. So 2.5 million preorders could be possible.
Didn't Pachter predict 2-4 million Kinect to be sold in 2010? If the numbers in the article are true, the lower end of this prediction could be preorders only.
Another example to show how massive this is: Kinect would outsell the iPad by quite a big margin in the first month. I think Apple reported 3.7 million iPads shipped in the first 3 months. MS could do this in 2 months. Sure, not compareable, different markets, different time of the year etc but a success anyway.
Note: I don't know if these numbers are accurate. MCV is a reliable source though.
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...
